Webster family
Family
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Beach, Webster, and Dickinson families papers
1995-15-0
Collection
Identifier: 1995-15-0
Scope and Contents
The Beach, Webster, and Dickinson families papers (1995-15-0, 4.59 linear feet) relate to three associated Litchfield, Conn., families. In 1916, Bessie Rachel Beach (1893-1976) married Leonard Dickinson (1895-1946). The parents of Bessie were Milo D. Beach (1861-1959) and Louisa Webster Beach (1862-1951). A large part of the collection consists of genealogical information culled from a variety of sources. Original materials include marriage certificates; correspondence; mortgages and deeds;...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1791-1990; Other: Date acquired: 05/12/1995
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Jeannette Guildford manuscript
00-2010-183-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-183-0
Scope and Contents
Manuscript of "Twelve Months at Arethusa," by Jeannette Guildford (1914-2005). Guildford was the great-granddaughter of Charles and Lucinda Webster who purchased Arethusa Farm in 1868. Upon the death of her mother and the selling of the family farm, Guilford wrote three poems and “Twelve Months at Arethusa”, which is a book that recounts stories passed down by her family regarding life on the farm.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1994
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Webster Family Papers
2017-11-0
Fonds
Identifier: 2017-11-0
Abstract
The Webster family papers include Arethusa Farm records, ledgers, calendars, and postcards; documentation of a 1952 transcontinental trip to Alaska; and Litchfield photos and ephemera. Most of the family papers are from the 1870s through the 1920s.
Dates:
1867-1998
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
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- Correspondence 2
- Diaries 2
- Litchfield (Conn.) 2
- Photographs 2
- Account books 1
- Alaska -- Description and travel 1
- Autograph albums 1
- Brochures 1
- Dairy farming -- Connecticut 1
- Deeds 1
- Estate inventories 1
- Farm life 1
- Goshen (Conn.) 1
- Ledgers (account books) 1
- Litchfield (Conn.) -- History 1
- Manuscripts 1
- Marriage certificates 1
- Mortgages 1
- North America -- Description and travel 1
- Postcards 1
- Railroads 1
- Recipes 1
- Scrapbooks 1
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